Sentences with phrase «radio astronomy instrumentation»

As telescopes and radio astronomy instrumentation get better and more sensitive, our ability to probe time - sensitive phenomena in our universe increases greatly.

Dr Whyborn obtained a Ph.D. in Radio Astronomy Instrumentation at the Chalmers University of Technology and his technical interests are in the areas of front - end design, system engineering and testing.

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Consequently, the strains of decreased purchasing power coupled with the responsibility for maintaining the national U.S. ground - based effort in radio, optical, and solar astronomy have led to a division of the NSF AST budget such that, through the decade of the 1990s, about 65 percent of the NSF allocation to AST was assigned to facilities operated by national astronomy organizations, with only about 22 percent made available to support individual investigators (Figure 6.2); the rest went to instrumentation and the university radio observatories.

It should continue to engage the broad university community in developing facilities and instruments, and it should work proactively to ensure that radio astronomy science and instrumentation development are firmly rooted in the universities.